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More super funds will merge: QMV

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
COVID-19 will be the shove that forces some superannuation funds to merge, while others thought safe prior to the pandemic will also be left pondering consolidation. According to QMV practice lead Anthony Forbes, there are certain funds that are going ...

Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... Advice lifted, so long as they provide a Record of Advice and don't charge more than $300 for the advice. Here in lies the problem, with advisers concerned Australians may be driven to accessing compromised advice from super funds. Evalesco Financial ...

Australians hate complexity, not annuities: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
New research from Melbourne Business School Orford Initiative has found there is more demand for annuity products than the industry or government previously believed. However, that demand is being stifled by a lack of understanding among consumers on ...

IOOF, CountPlus, Iress want better path to fee consent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... work together to make the proposed legislation workable. "Working together as an industry solving a pressing business problem with a technology solution is an opportunity for us," he said. "What we are looking for is an efficient, intuitive and standardised ...

Has COVID-19 solved the advice problem?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
With robo-advice yet to take off in Australia, and the cost of advice still too high for most people, has COVID-19 delivered the solution to the sector's problems on a silver platter? Shadforth's Terry Dillion certainly thinks so. Speaking to Financial ...

Why COVID-19 could boost ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... such a hard time grappling with these risks? Why didn't we prepare for a pandemic, even when researchers laid out the problem for us?" Streur said. "Why aren't we dealing effectively with climate change, even though researchers around the world ...

Ethical fund manager wears $520m hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... even when combined with the impact of the government's Early Release Scheme, the pandemic won't pose a liquidity problem for the fund, with additional stress testing showing it will meet redemption demand. "With the COVID-19 situation still unfolding ...

Adequacy argument headlines online CMSF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... said arguments about the relationship between super and wages were the wrong argument to have, and added Australia has a problem with wage growth. "It is not one caused by super," Dawson said. Asked whether it was aggravated by super, Dawson said that ...

Australia versus the world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... place by the Fed and ECB have done little to stem the magnitude of that leverage. "Australia has hitherto avoided that problem," he said. Anthony Kirkham, portfolio manager for the Legg Mason Western Asset Australia Bond Fund said that whilst quantitative ...

Not the time to sell products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... first product, we did a lot of market research before we went in with a solution because we wanted to understand what the problem was. We've taken the same approach to this pandemic. What you discover is that it's health first. I worry about my financial ...